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Southern California 

HE land of pilgrim padres, plodding peons, and perfect poesy ; 
of rare romance, rich roses and rocky recesses ; of snowy summits, 
silvery sea and sweetest songs ; beloved of God and dear to men ; — 
the Mecca of the American ; —the long sought for haven of rest of 
the European ; and the charm and delight of all who have been 
favored to sojourn within its flower-bedecked environs. 

Exposed on the south to the pearly-faced Pacific Ocean and 
the cool wave-kissed breezes; protected on the west, north and east 
from stormy and desert winds by towering mountain ranges; 
divinely blessed by climatic advantages and peculiarities possessed 
by no other country on the globe, it is the natural haven for those 
who desire to leave their Eastern, Northern and Southern 
homes and find rest, repose and homelike joy under their " own vine and fig tree " in 
a " land flowing with milk and honey." 

It appeals alike to all classes with forceful attractions. The investor will find 
here a growing and profitable field, the home seeker a soil so rich, and a climate so 
fructifying that if he " tickles the ground with a hoe " forthwith it showers "fruits 
and flowers in endless variety " upon him. The invalid cannot come amiss. From 
sea level, with its cool, ocean temperatures, through all the gradations of altitude and 
temperature to snow-clad mountain resorts, 12,000 feet above the sea, there is not a 
single disease that cannot here find its best climatic healing condition. 

With a growing population, the business man in every line will here find scope 
for his energies. To the tourist it is growingly seductive. There were more tourists 
here in the years 1892-3 than ever before, and the number will continue to increase. 
Its scenery is unequaled in the world. George Wharton James, a traveler and writer 
of keen observation, recognizing the glorious combination of winter and summer 
beauties in immediate proximity appropriately designates it " Our Switzerland-Italy." 

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 




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OS ANGELES ! What memory pictures and imaginative fancies crowd the 
mind as these two magic words are spoken. 

'What's in a name?" Much in this name. As its magic sound touches 
the ear vivid scenes appear before the mental vision. The pilgrim padres 
led by Junipero Serra, — the picturesque groups of Mission Indians, — the 
early Mexican peasants, — the autocratic Spanish dons, — the rumbling carreta, — fandan- 
gos, — saint's days, fasts and feasts in bewildering proximity. That was Los Angeles. 

The Los Angeles of to-day, however, is the most enterprising, pushing and pro- 
gressive city of the State. In size, it is second only to San Francisco. In business 
energy, discriminating foresight and commercial prosperity it is destined soon to be 
the leading city of the State. 

The Holeenbeck is in the exact center of this enterprising and beautiful city. 
Twenty-five miles away is the harbor of San Pedro. Santa Monica and Port Los Angeles 
are fifteen miles distant. Two transcontinental railroads make Los Angeles their 
Pacific Coast terminus, and other projected railroads contemplate the same procedure. 
Easy of communication with North, South and East, and having immediate trans- 
Pacific connections with the Asiatic and Australasian worlds, it is the most advan- 
tageous market and shipping point of the State. 

Ten years ago its population was 15,000. Now it is 70,000 and rapidly increasing, 
for not only is it a great commercial city, but it is preeminently a "city of homes." 
Residences equal to those of any old established Eastern city, but embowered in semi- 
tropical flowers, shrubs and trees are common sights in the residence portions. In the 
business center, imposing structures line the well paved streets, while most perfect 
systems of electric and cable cars connect all sections. 

To the tourist, it is a prolific source of delight, and " Mine Host" of " The Hol- 
LENbeck" ever finds it a pleasure to direct his guests to its historic and beautiful scenes. 

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Gbe Tbollenbecfc " 




N THE heart of Eos Angeles is the block upon which the most prominent 
building is The Hoeeenbeck. From this center radiates all the principal 
streets, and pulsates the traffic and business activity of the city. At this 
junction of Spring and Second streets are the leading business houses of the 
city. The Hoeeenbeck is on one corner ; diagonally across is the Burdick 
Block, in which are the ticket and freight offices of the Southern Pacific Co.; 
opposite this is the Bryson Block, one of the splendid business blocks 
of the city. 

Here the Eos Angeles Consolidated Electric line of street cars, with more 
than twenty miles of track, center and transfer from one division of their line 
to another, and at First and Spring streets, one block north, the Pacific Cable Co., with 
nearly or quite an equal extent of track, transfers its passengers to the East side and Boyle 
Heights. On these immediate corners and within a radius of one block are centered 
also nearly all the large banks of the city. Directly opposite is " The Herald " office, one 
of the leading daily papers in Southern California, and on other corners of the same 
block with The Hoeeenbeck are the Fir*t Presbyterian Church and the Public Library 
The Hoeeenbeck is the model hotel of Southern California. Under its present lib- 
eral management it has been completely renovated and refitted throughout. Modern 
and luxurious in all its appointments — in the heart of the city — easy of access from all 
sections — in close proximity to cable and electric cars — managed solely for the comfort 
and enjoyment of its guests — its Dining-hall and Cafe the acknowledged standards of 
the city — its attaches widely known for their urbane courtesy — patronized alike by 
refined, cultivated tourists and progressive business men, its increasing patronage is 
proof abundant of its growing popularity 

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Stimson Block ant) Citt3en6' Banft 

KOR one of the finest examples of the modern and substantial structures in Los Angeles, we are 
$) indebted to Mr. T. D. Stimson, recently from Chicago. This gentleman has expressed his 
confidence in our city's future by heavy investments in business and residence property. 

His handsome new block, represented on the opposite page, occupies a frontage of 98 feet on 
Spring street, by 155 on Third, and is six stories in height. Its frame work is entirely of iron and 
steel, the walls of reddish brown Roman pressed brick and terra cotta. The basement of the build- 
ing contains ample storage room, a savings bank and four offices. On the first floor are two large 
store rooms, a bank, four offices, and two main entrances. Each of the remaining five stories con- 
tain 38 offices, two toilet rooms and a meter room. It is fire proof, yet all modern precautions are 
provided. In fact no safer, more modern and comfortable and centrally located an office and 
store building exists in Los Angeles. It is, nevertheless, only a question of a short time, under the 
encouragement of a wise local tax administration, when many other good business sites will be 
graced by like structures. 



Citi3ens' Bank of %ob Hngeles 



The Citizen's Bank commenced business on the first day of November, A. D., 1890, with T. W. 
Brotherton as Vice-President and manager. Since the day of opening the deposits of the Bank have 
increased steadily, until the deposits exceed $300,000, and if 18,000 have been added to the surplus. 

During the most panicky time this Bank has always paid its depositors on demand. The office 
of the Bank is in the new Stimson Block, on the corner of Third and Spring, and it has the hand- 
somest banking room and furniture in Southern California. 

T. D. Stimson, the owner of the Block, is the largest stockholder in the Bank. The Officers and 
Directors are as follows: T. W. Brotherton, Pres. ; T. S. C. Lowe, Vice-Pres. ; L. \V. Blinn, 
Jabez Percival, Andrew Mullen, Robert Hale, R. J. Waters and J. M. Hale. Its condensed 
statement made July 1st, 1893, is 



IResources 

Loans and Bills - $308,507 92 

Furniture and Fixtures - - - 1,400 00 

Cash on Hand and with Bank - 169,148 20 

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363,669 52 

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HOW TO SEE THE COUNTRY 

/HERE is so much of interest, novelty and beauty in Southern California that 
in hunting up the attractions it is difficult to make a mistake in the direction 
taken. The lines of the Southern Pacific Company ramify all through this 
most charming section of the State, and were projected to cover all the places 
of interest, whether coast or inland, picturesque or health giving. 

One of the most delightful of the short trips from Los Angeles is the one 
to Santa Barbara. After passing Saugus the road swings to the west and 
passes through a succession of beautiful little valleys, where fruit ripens 
earlier than anywhere else. The ocean shore is reached at the quaint and 
picturesque old Spanish town of San Buenaventura, and is followed thence 
all the way to Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is one of the best known winter resorts in the world. 
The immense Arlington hotel, the fine old mission, the beautiful homes and flower gardens, the 
superb beach and the famous olive orchards not far away are a few of the attractions of this 
delightful place. 

The line running south twenty-two miles from Los Angeles to San Pedro, with a branch at 
Thenard for Long Beach, is very enticing. San Pedro is a fine fishing place, and it is from this point 
that the steamers for Santa Catalina Island leave. The ocean trip of twenty miles to the beautiful 
resort of Avalon will be sure to prove interesting. 

Long Beach is an ideal summer resort, intensely modern, clean and attractive, has a perfect beach 
for bathing, and is the summer meeung place for numerous educational and religious organizations. 
A fine opportunity to study a variety of features covering all that is most interesting in Cali- 
fornia horticulture can be secured by trips to Colton, Riverside, San Bernardino and Redlands, the 
heart of the famous orange region of California. 

Still another interesting country is reached by the lines running to Whittier, Santa Ana and 
Tustin. The most beautiful orchards and country homes in California, outside the orange region of 
Riverside, are to be seen on this trip. 

Of a totally different character, but possessed of peculiar interest for invalids, is the desert 
region east of Colton. The extreme dryness and purity of the atmosphere of the desert have worked 
some remarkable cures in pulmonary and rheumatic affections. Banning, Palm Springs, Indio and 
even Yuma are rapidly becoming famous for their cures. 

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%ob Hngeles parks 




OS ANGELES is, in itself, a more perfect park than most Eastern 
cities possess, yet its enlightened founders amply provided for addi- 
tional " gardens of the people." 

The First and Third Napoleons beautified Paris with parks, 
boulevards, avenues and drives, until it was more than ever " Paris 
the Magnificent." The citizens of Los Angeles, aided by nature, 
have made their city more gloriously beautiful than Paris could ever be. For here, 
in semi-tropical California, Italian skies with Algerian weather combine to produce 
trees, shrubs and flowers which "rich Paris" knows only in her conservatories, and 
"poor Paris" not at all. The parks of Los Angeles, on the other hand, are 
"conservatories for the poor" as well as the rich, and the city has a full quota of 
these charming resting places. 

West Lake Park — as its name implies — is beautified by a placid sheet of water, 
upon which the visitor, for a small sum, may row to and fro in well constructed boats 
provided for the purpose. First-class concerts are given here each week, and this 
additional source of attraction combines with the beauties of the place to render it one 
of the most popular of the parks. 

East Side Park is growing in interest, for it abounds in lakes, fountains, walks 
and drives, and is the site of the conservatories and green-houses where are grown del- 
icate plants, flowers and shrubs for the other parks. 

Elysian Park is also on the East Side. It is the largest of all the parks, and is 
rapidly being improved. It already is very attractive for its elegant drives. 

There are numerous other smaller parks, equally charming, as St. James' Park on 
Adams Street, Belmont Park on First Street and Belmont Avenue. The whole Park 
system of Los Angeles is connected by electric and cable cars so that the visitor can 
easily be conveyed to any of them from the doors of The HoixENBECK. 

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Wnlfcs in Xoe Hugeles 



ALKS — in an American city, — through park-like streets and avenues 
which are flower gardens, — where calla lilies, and geraniums, and 
roses, and marguerites, make the hedges, — where palms, pome- 
granates, century plants, eucalyptus, pepper and cacti are more 
common than the alder and oak, — where odors, rich and rare as those 
of " Araby the blest " regale the senses at every moment, — along 
flowing za?ijas which convey the necessary moisture from the river 
of the Queen of the Angels to the grateful verdure of trees, shrubs 
and flowers, — on smooth, level cement and stone pavements, — past residences, enchant- 
in gly homelike in their perfect comfort, and adorned by taste and culture after wealth and 
artistic skill had erected them. 

All these, and far more that you cannot write — the balmy atmosphere, the perfect 
sky blue, the ineffable charm of mountain and ocean effects, the gorgeous sunrises, the 
opalescent sunsets, — these are what walks in our City of the Angels reveal to the observ- 
ant visitor. There is scarcely a day in the year wherein children and invalids may not 
enjoy the searching sunshine, and the balsamic and healing odors of our Angel City. 
To enjoy these scenes, let the visitor who desires to tal^e a walk, first take the 
electric cars at The HollEnbeck and ride out to Adams street. Here hour after hour 
of delightful strolling may be enjoyed, up one street lined with the lace-like, towering 
Australian eucalyptus, down another, decorated as if for some festive demonstration, 
with fluttering fan palms, then into an avenue of graceful and fragrant pepper trees. 
Here a cypress hedge with delicious odor will attract his attention, there a bed of flow- 
ering heliotrope, while on every hand, roses in countless variety scent the air with 
grateful perfume, and almost intoxicate the unused senses with its penetrating delight. 
Pearl, Figueroa, Adams and many streets near by are alike bowers of enchantment. 

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£be Ibollenbecfc Cafe 




N essential condition of good health is good food, carefully prepared 
and daintily served in a cheerful room. This condition is fully 
met with in The Hoelenbeck Cafe. The dining hall is one of 
the largest and most elegant in South California, and the reputa- 
tion it has gained has been worthily bestowed. 

The HoleEnbeck also has a private banquet hall, and here 
have been entertained such distinguished guests as President 
Harrison, the late King Kalakaua, and very recently, Vice-President Stevenson with 
large accompanying parties. All of these, as well as many other distinguished guests, 
expressed themselves as especially delighted with their entertainment, for it sur- 
passed in elegance and sumptuousness any they had experienced in the West. 




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©yivee about %ob Hngelee 




\H E stranger in Los Angeles will find many interesting drives about the 
city and vicinity profitable to the stock of information he is acquiring 
in Southern California. 

The San Fernando Valley, with its charming scenery along the 
winding course of the Los Angeles River, presents fascinating histor- 
ical attractions. It contains what was once the great ranch of 125,- 
000 acres, owned by General Andreas Pico, who figured extensively 
in the troubles that attended the annexation of California to the 
United States. In those days it was devoted to wheat growing, but 
since it passed into other hands it has been divided and subdivided 
in small ranches and blocks, and the products are now much more 
varied than under the old regime. Here, twenty miles from Thk Holeenbeck, are 
the ruins of the Old Mission — San Fernando Rey — which Helen Hunt Jackson has 
made memorable, with others, in her writings upon the Mission Indians. 

The vineyards and refinery of the San Gabriel Wine Company, at Ramona, 
occupy a delightful tract east of the city, on the line of the S. P. Co. In the beauti- 
ful village of Alhambra, one and a half miles beyond, may be seen some of the finest 
artesian wells in the valley. 

Elysian Park, in the north part of the city and on the crown of the hills of the 
Bast side, has been made convenient of access by drives, and is being fast improved. 
In a few years it will be the most attractive park in any city on the Continent. Its 
position commands an outlook of the entire city, the ocean and surrounding valleys. 
Loma Drive, Crown Hill, Belmont Heights, are all in the city and form attractive 
and pleasant drives among the hills of Los Angeles. 

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Conch IRifces near %ob Bngeles 



HE steam car will never kill the old fashioned coach. Who, that 
has been thrilled with the delight of a diligence ride through the 
Auvergne Valley in France, or has watched the patient horses draw a 
heavy coach up the Eastern slope of the Alps and then enjoyed the 
dash down into Italy on the other side, or even ridden with a Hank 
Monk on a leather strapped concord down the steep grades of the 
Sierras, can forget the delightful excitement of the experience. 
Make up a party of a dozen, "phone" for a "Tally Ho" from the popular Tally Ho 
Company's Stable, and then start out for a day's pure and unadulterated enjoyment. 
You ma}', first of all, drive out to Ingiewood. Two hours' ride through immense barley 
fields will bring you to this "Sleepy Hollow" of Southern California, and you will 
at once confess that it far exceeds in beaut} T its original on the Hudson. It was once 
an old Spanish park, and the magnificent groves of trees make it a fascinating driveway; 
new streets lined by orange and lemon trees in full bearing also charm the senses. 

And then turn to the Sierra Madre Mountains. Two hours from The Hoe- 
LEnbeck and " Devil's Gate " is reached, just beyond Pasadena. From thence to Alta- 
dena Junction the drive is most beautiful. Here the coach may be left for half an hour, 
and a preliminary ride taken on the cars of the Mount Eowe Railway to Rubio Caivyon, 
the most romantic spot on the face of the globe. 

Returning down Lake and Marengo Avenues, another half hour's exquisitely beauti- 
ful drive will bring you to the San Gabriel Mission, full of historic interest and fascinat- 
ing tradition. Full of thoughts of the brave old founders, the coach will convey you 
to the Santa Anita Ranch, owned by Eucky Baldwin, where picturesque drives, groves 
and lakes will bring you back to a happy, joyous present. Then, soothed by the cool- 
ing breezes of mountain and ocean you will return by moonlight, maj'hap, to your 
restful couch at The HoeeEnbeck there to sweetly sleep and pleasantly dream of 
the fairy land through which you have passed. 

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fvom ©range (Brovee ant) IRoses to Snow on tbe 
fIDount Xowe IRailwa^ 

^1* flr"OST people enjoy antithesis — at least some kind of antithesis. But seldom can one enjoy 
! ^/ I such complete antithesis as is offered by the Mount Lowe Railway — the most wonder- 
"^ * \<^. ful Mountain Railway in the world. 

It must not be understood that there is perpetual snow on the summits of the 
Sierra Madre Range, the highest peak of which is reached by this unique road, but, in March of 
1893 the photographs were taken from which our special artist has made his "conceits" accom- 
panying these explanatory words. 

On the eighth day of that month, Miss Lowe, with her friends, started out for a horseback 
ride from Prof. Lowe's beautiful residence on Orange Grove Avenue. All around them spoke 
in clearest tones of an ideal spring or summer day. The flowers never bloomed in richer 
profusion; the mocking birds, larks, linnets and thrushes never sang sweeter songs; the odors 
often thousand times a million blossoms of tree, shrub and flower were never more fragrant; and 
the searching truthful South California sunlight never made more pellucid and transparent the 
delicious Pasadena atmosphere. 

But a glance toward the mountains showed the storm-king at battle with the sunshine and 
calm beauty, which one would have expected to reign supreme there as well as here. 

The gentlemen friends of the young ladies, therefore, set out for the mountains provided with 
" creature comforts" to enable them to withstand the rigors of the storm. 

Arriving at Altadena Junction, the electric cars of the Mount Lowe Railway were taken, and in 

a few minutes they landed at Rubio Amphitheater, where Rubio Hotel, the grand Music Hall and 

the monster Dining Hall now are, and, gazing up the GREAT cabeE incline prepared to brave the 

storm. 

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From Orange Groves and Roses to Snow on the Mount Lowe Railway 

Continued 



EFORE they rode up, however, they visited Thalehaha (white water) Falls, 
a triple water fall, up Rubio Canyon, which, though not as large as the great 
Yosemite Falls, is more beautiful and destined to become as world re- 
nowned. Ten other waterfalls, with several rippling and foaming cascades, 
charmed them on their trip. Returning to the Pavilion, they ascended to 
the region of the Storm, and on the summit of Echo Mountain, standing 
where the elegant Chalet now stands, they watched some of the work men 
who hitched a couple of mules to an extemporized sleigh and then enjoyed 
the sport, as the fiery and untamed steeds sped around the Mountain. 

From this point, taking horses, they rode still higher up the range 
until they stood on the slope of Mount Lowe, in four feet of snow, looking down upon the beauteous 
valley spread out in matchless glory four thousand or more feet below. The editor of the Chicago 
Herald, who made this wonderful trip, thus expressed his feelings on the occasion: 

"Alpine, Swiss, Norwegian and Himalayan effects are all wondrously and harmoniously combined 
in the grand mountains b} r which this region is almost surrounded. San Antonio, his scalp looking 
perfectly like the shaven scalp of a Franciscan friar, — San Bernardino, austere and proud, disdain- 
ful of the giddy worldlings below, — the Temecula peaks and Santa Ana, with glorious San Jacinto in 
the far away distance, are all alike snowy, with shoulders and bodies robed in pines and firs. Italy 
and Switzerland, both together ! Srrow and orange groves ! Icicles and heliotrope ! Sleigh riding 
and rose gardens ! Toboganning and humming birds ! Skating and butterflies ! Snowy mountains, 
pearly-faced ocean, hazy islands and Eden's garden, all held in the bottom of God's hand in sight 
of one man's eyes, at one and the same moment ! " — Chicago Herald. 



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Zhc Ibollenbecfc Ibome 



HE HOLLENBECK HOTEL takes itsname from the owner of the block 
and a large estate on Boyle Avenue, and much of its great popularity 
may be attributed not only to the liberal management, but to the fact 
that the hotel is the property of a great philanthropic institution. The 
munificent spirit displayed by Mr. Hollenbeck in his lifetime, has 
been continued by Mrs. Hollenbeck, who has survived her husband 
several years, and is still planning the consummation of her grand 
aim in founding the Hollenbeck Home for indigent women and home- 
less children. With this purpose in view Mrs. Hollenbeck has conveyed 
the block containing The HoEEENBECK HoTEE and her large dwelling 
with the adjacent grounds to a board of trustees for the ultimate car- 
rying out of her plans. The home is to be located on her homestead 
and supported from the income of the Hollenbeck Block. The 
trustees are vested with large power in the management, even in fur- 
nishing educational and industrial training to the children, as well as 
surrounding them with home influences that lead to the just apprecia- 
tion of the value of a useful life. It is not to be conducted in the 
interest of any religious sect. 

It is to be located on the grounds where the Hollenbeck residence 
now is, on Boyle Avenue — more properly from location, build and 
beauty, Boyle Boulevard — a veritable park, and in many respects 
the finest private park in Los Angeles.' Spacious buildings are to be 
erected in a style of architecture and convenience harmonious, with 
the surroundings. 

The visitor will always find a cordial welcome to the grounds. On entering the driveway 
between two tall posts of granite masonry, reminding one of the entrance to the old Manse made 
memorable by Hawthorne, he finds himself in the enclosure of thirteen acres artistically planned by 
a landscape gardener, and beautifully decorated with rare trees, plants and flowers. The driveway 
forms a graceful curve through the grounds, giving an excellent outline of the whole place, and a 
perfect view of the lay of the city to the west across the river. An imposing granite wall 500 feet 
long protects the park along which the avenue runs. Opposite and across the avenue is the Hollen- 
beck Park, covering twenty-five acres, the gift of Mrs. Hollenbeck and Ex-Mayor W. H. Workman, 
now being improved and ornamented with shade trees of rare beauty and a beautiful lake for the 
recreation and enjoyment of visitors. 

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Scboole of Southern California 

ROVISION for education in advanced collegiate and professional 
studies has not been neglected, but has kept pace with the unex- 
ampled growth of juvenile population. In Los Angeles, besides 
an efficient system of public schools, there are three colleges which 
confer degrees. The Occidental College on Boyle Heights, St. 
Vincent's College on Grand Avenue and Washington Streets, and 
the University of Southern California. The latter has several depart- 
ments scattered throughout the Southern Counties, amongst which 
are the Maclay School of Theology and the Chaffee College. The former is located 
at San Fernando, and the Dean is the venerable Dr. Maclay, for man) 7 years missionary 
to Japan. The Chaffee College is preparatory to the University and is located at 
Ontario, and has been in successful operation for several years. 

Pomona College has preparatory and collegiate courses for both sexes. 
In addition to these, numerous private schools, seminaries and business colleges 
hold prominent places in the educational world in Los Angeles. The Baptists also 
have a college in the western suburbs. Belmont Hall, a_ young ladies' seminary, is 
beautifully located on the hills overlooking the city, and has a grand panoramic view 
of ocean, valley and mountains. This school offers complete courses of study in music, 
art and literature. 

The Glendale School for young ladies, (about four miles from the city, at the 
entrance of the San Fernando Valley) is conveniently reached by carriage drive or rail. 
The State School is at Whittier, on the line of the S. P. R. R. The grounds and 
buildings are elegant, artistic and commodious, and the provisions made for the comfort 
and guidance of the boys and girls sent there cannot fail to so influence their lives as to 
lead them to prefer useful activity and honest virtue to idleness and crime. 

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Santa flDonica anfc tbe Ibotel Hrcatna 

ANTA MONICA enjoys with Monterey the distinction of being one of the two places in 
California which are both summer and winter resorts. In the summer the contiguous 
residents take their outing there, and in winter come thousands from the harsh winters 
of the Eastern States. Santa Monica is to Los Angeles what Monterey is to San Fran- 
cisco, with the advantage of being only sixteen miles away. 

The ride on the numerous daily trains of the Southern Pacific Company from Los 
Angeles to Santa Monica is beautiful. The road all the way traverses the high, level 
mesa which lies between Los Angeles and the sea, and as it is under high cultivation 
the trip gives a fair idea of some of the rural beauties of the famous orange country. 
At the ocean's edge the high mesa terminates in a steep bluff, at the base of which, ex- 
tending for miles up and down the coast, stretches a wide sand beach, one of the finest and smooth- 
est in the world. The water is shallow for an uncommon distance, and there are neither rocks nor 
undertow. 

The shore line of Santa Monica Bay has a graceful sweep. The cool winds from the northwest in 
summer are diverted by the Sierra Santa Monica, a graceful range of coast mountains lying along 
the northern shore. Hence the ocean swell is long and gentle, and the breakers are never annoying. 
The Hotel Arcadia, standing on the very edge of the bluff, is one of the largest, handsomest 
and best managed summer and winter hotels in the country. The western facade, facing the ocean, 
is extended nearly down to the bottom of the bluff, from which there is a graceful descent to the 
bath houses on the sands. The town of Santa Monica has other hotels and numerous private board- 
ing houses, and as the residents of the place are proud of it, they keep the streets and drives in the 
best possible order. 

The climate, the bathing, the fine hotel accommodations, and the spirit of rest and comfort that 
hovers over all are not the sole attractions of the place. Yachting, rowing, riding, driving and 
numerous other pleasures await the wise man or woman who knows how and where to get the most 
that life has in store. 



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Casa be IRosas "— jfroebel 3nstitute 



ADAMS STREET, COR. HOOVER, EOS ANGEEES 



1JHIS beautiful building, heated by hot water, lighted by electricity 
and fitted with all modern appliances, is ideal in the advantages it 
offers persons seeking a school in which to place their children until 
ready for college, or those wishing to have the advantage of this 
climate in preparing themselves for any department of Kindergarten 
work. 
Mothers' class, Training classes (Post-graduate and Normal School), Con- 
necting class and Kindergarten Department give a wide range of life, and these 
various departments are conducted by specialists who are enthusiastic in their labor. 
All information concerning this Institute may be had upon addressing 



MRS. CAROLYN M.' N. AI^DEN, 

Principal and Kindergarten Trainer. 




CASA DK ROSAS 






Catalina— Zhe 3ele of Summer 




ANTA CATALINA Island, comprising 48,000 acres, lies in the 
Pacific Ocean, sixty miles southwest from Los Angeles City, 
California. 

It is reached by trains of the Southern Pacific Company, 
Southern California, Terminal and Redondo Railways and 
elegant ocean passenger steamers of the Wilmington Trans- 
portation Company, from Port I^os Angeles, Redondo, San Pedro and Newport. 

Famed as a summer and winter resort. The prime attractions are boating, 
bathing, fishing and hunting. 

Pure mountain water and balmy atmosphere, combined with a most even temper- 
ature, add to the Island's many charms, that of a perfect sanitarium. 




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IRivereibe 




. BOUT seventy miles east of Los Angeles is Riverside, the count) 7 
seat of the new count)- of the same name. It is situated in a valley 
with an area of about 200 square miles, which belongs to and is a 
part of the great San Bernardino Basin. This is the most famous 
orange-growing district in Southern California, and has arrived 
at such a degree of perfection in horticulture that its fame 
has spread over the entire Republic. Only thirteen years have elapsed since the 
first shipment of oranges was made, but now over 2000 carloads are sent East every 
year. Its fruit culture, however, includes other varieties as well as the orange. The 
peach, apricot, fig and raisin are cultivated in luxurious quantity. The city has a 
population of about 7,000 or 8,000 people, remarkable for their enterprise. About 
one-fourth the area of the Riverside Valley is included in the city limits. It has a 
first-class supply of artesian water, brought in flumes or pipes for a distance of eight 
miles, besides irrigating canals which supply every garden and orchard. The city is 
prettily laid out, and its people point with pride to Magnolia Avenue, the longest and 
most beautiful street of any city in the country. It is twelve miles in length, 132 feet 
in width, and the whole distance is lined with peppers and palms, orange, lemon and 
magnolia trees, which, diffusing their fragrance on every hand, render the air redolent 
with delicious odors. 

Riverside is well supplied with Hotels, and what stranger who has ever stopped 
within its gates will fail to remember "The Glenwood " and its homelike comforts, 
and the courtesy and kindly attentions of its host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. 
Richardson. 

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J*f0^ HE Redondo Hotel is situated directly on the Pacific Ocean. It is 

easily and rapidly reached by two lines of railroad, running trains at 

short intervals from Los Angeles. It is new and handsomely equipped. 

Among the attractions of this beautiful Hotel is a table unsurpassed by 

any, fine concrete walks, tennis courts, bathing all the 3 T ear round, fine 

fishing, hot and cold water, incandescent lights and gas, halls and lobby heated 

by steam. 

This Hotel possesses the finest ballroom in the State, with an excellent orchestra 

always in attendance. The house is strictly first class in every particular. There are 

also a number of charming cottages at Redondo that can be rented by the season. All 

information concerning this beautiful Hotel and Beach may be obtained by addressing 

The Redondo Hotel Company at Redondo Beach. 




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IDiceHpreeifcent Stevenson in Zbc Ibollenbecfc iRotun&a 




HE conveniences for the comfort and accommodation of guests at The 
Hollenbeck are such as to make them feel at home. The main office is 
large, commodious and itself makes a grand parlor for gentlemen, 
while in the rear, quietly situated like an open court with tropical 
plants neatly arranged in profusion, is the Rotunda, a writing and 
sitting room, made still more cheerful by the mellow light from 
above. It is here that the Vice-Presidential Party lingered in the 
full enjoyment of its beauty, and the photographer caught the scene and 
retained it, thus corroborating in picture the expressions of praise for hospitality made 
by the Vice-President and his party. Adjoining the reading room and entered from it 
as well as from Second street is the popular Hollenbeck Cafe, so widely and favorably 
known. 




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port %oe angeles 

THE DEEP SEA HARBOR OE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 

NE of the leading sights of Southern California is the Southern Pacific Com- 
pany's immense wharf at Port Los Angeles, three miles north of Santa Mon- 
ica. Indeed, so greatly has Port Los Angeles (that is to say, the wharf) over- 
shadowed the charming resort of Santa Monica, that a movement is on foot 
to change the name of Santa Monica to Port Los Angeles, and make the two 
places one. 

Ihe Southern Pacific, after passing through Santa Monica, slips through a 
short tunnel on the bluff to the beach below, and then skirts the shore under 
the bluff to the vicinity of the mouth of Santa Monica Canyon, where it turns 
straight into the ocean and runs out 4,593 feet into the sea. As one of the longest and most 
expensive wharves in the world, it has attracted the attention of the whole country. It was con- 
structed for the purpose of creating facilities in Southern California for bringing deep-sea traffic 
to the doors of the people, and it is one of the most important undertakings for the development of 
California that has ever been placed on foot. At extreme high tide the water is forty feet deep at 
the sea end of the wharf, and at extreme low tide thirty-one feet; so 4 that it is seen that the deepest 
vessels afloat can load and discharge there with ease. 

For a distance of 320 feet from shore there is a filling of rock, followed by a trestle 2,761 feet 
long and 25 feet wide, and then the wharf begins, extending 1,512 feet further, and 130 feet wide. 
It is covered with numerous tracks, and at the end are the coal bunkers, 816 feet long and 36 feet 
wide, with a capacity of 8,200 tons of coal. 

Port Los Angeles has special attractions of its own. One is the immediate nearness of Santa 
Monica Canyon, one of the most beautiful and picturesque spots in California. It is in this famous 
glen where the people of Los Angeles and the surrounding country have their picnics and summer 
camps. Just north of it rise the steep slopes of the Sierra Santa Monica, with their numerous Can- 
yons and glens, so that those who delight in the healthful sport of mountain climbing have no lack 
of opportunity. The view from the summit of the mountains is grand beyond description. 



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Soutb California fIDiseions 

T needs no massive castle like Heidleberg, or theater like the Roman 
Coliseum to excite the mind to highest flights of imaginative fancy. 
The adobe ruins of the buildings erected b}^ the self-denying 
Spanish padres in South California appeal as forcefully to the soul 
as do the more majestic European ruins. 

While George Washington was battling on the Atlantic Slope 
with the minions of George the Third for national liberty, small 
bands of religious zealots left the city of Mexico for the purpose 
of establishing missions in Alta California for the Christianizing of the aborigines of 
this then little-known land. 

Padre Junipero Serra was the leader and directing spirit of the whole enterprise. 
Brave, fearless, devoted, no Crusader ever started for the Holy Land with greater zeal 
and fervor than did the good founder of the Missions of South California. In a few 
short years, comparatively speaking, he and his worthy and unselfish coadjutors had 
planted twenty-one missions extending from San Diego to San Francisco. 

Many of the buildings were imposing in appearance, though rudely built by the 
recently converted Indians, but, unfortunately, after the secularization of the Missions, 
they were left untenanted and uncared for. and ruin followed disaster, until now they 
are nearly all in a state of great dilapidation. 

San Fernando Rey Mission is near enough to Los Angeles to w 7 ell repa} T the visi- 
tor. It is in a dire state of decay and it is almost impossible to realize that at one time 
there were thousands of Indians under the control of the Fathers of this establishment. 
Equally fascinating and only two hours' ride by rail from The HoleEnbeck, is 
the ruined though still utilized mission of San Juan Capistrano. It w 7 as destroyed by 
an earthquake early in the century, but clearly displays the architectural skill of its 
founders in the perfect use of the triple arch. 

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Ibotci 2)el flDonte 



MONTEREY, CAE. 



George Schonkwaed, Manager. 




HIS magnificent establishment is situated near the shore line of Monterey Bay, in 
one of the most picturesque and naturally beautiful localities on the Pacific 
Coast. It was founded in 1880, and in its comparatively brief career may be 
credited with having done more than almost any other agency to acquaint the 
world with California's natural advantages. Guests from every corner of the 
earth have enjoyed its hospitality, and in numberless cases were so charmed with 
the attractions they found that they remained, built their homes and spent their 
money developing the State. 

The most conspicuous features of this Hotel are its absolutely matchless 
elegance, its splendid proportions and charming surroundings, and its very mod- 
erate charges. The idea of a strictly first-class resort conducted on a basis of low rates was entirely 
original with the projectors of this famous watering place, and the brilliant success of their experi- 
ment is best attested by the popularity of the resort. No similar establishment under the sun has 
blazed through the firmament of fame amid such glory as the Hotel del Monte. 

This Hotel is both a summer and winter resort of the highest order, and at all seasons is com- 
fortably filled, a happy condition rarely the boast of any resort. In winter it becomes the delight- 
ful retreat of visitors from the colder States, who go there to enjoy its luxurious comforts and its 
genial climate. In summer it is more conspicuous as a resort for pleasure though retaining its more 
staid character for quiet and uninterrupted comfort. 

Only a few steps away is the beautiful Monterey Bay, fringed for many miles in front of the 
Hotel with a perfect sand beach. Bathing, boating, fishing and hunting, clubrooms, billiard parlors, 
an elegant ballroom, tennis courts, croquet grounds, and a large bath-house are among the delight- 
ful diversions, all free to the guests. The finest drives in America, through scenes rich in picturesque 
variety and historic interest may be included in the never-ending whirl of enjoyment. 

No visitor to the Pacific Coast, whether business bound, health or pleasure bound, should fail to 
visit Hotel del Monte. It is but three and one-half hours' ride from San Francisco by express trains 
of the So" ^ern Pacific Company. 

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